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What is DATA?
What is Information?
What is Databse?
Database is a collection of data. It contains information about one
particular enterprise.
Some examples of enterprises and their databases are:
Bank – which stores customers data
Hospital – which stores patient data
University – which stores student data
Database Management System
DBMS (Data Base Management System) is a collection of programs or it is a
software that enables the users to create and maintain a database.
Also, DBMS allows the users to insert, update and retrieve the data from the
database.
• DBMS contains information about a particular enterprise
• Collection of interrelated data
• Set of programs to access the data
• An environment that is both convenient and efficient to use
Some examples of DBMS are:
– MS-Access
– D-base
– FoxPro
– Oracle etc.
Applications of DBMS
Some of the applications areas of DBMS are listed below:
• Banking
• Airlines
• Universities
• Credit and transaction
• Tele-communication
• Sales
• Manufacturing etc.
Disadvantages of File System
• Interaction with the file manager: Actual data is stored in the file system. The
database manager is responsible for actual storing, retrieving and updating the data in
the database.
• DDL Interpreter: It interprets the DDL statements and records them in a set of tables
containing metadata or data dictionary.
• DML Compiler: It converts DML statements (in a query language) into an evaluation
plan consisting of low-level instructions that the query evaluation engine understands.
• Query Evaluation Engine: It executes low-level instructions generated by DML
compiler.
Users of DBMS